Fun Family Festival of Tragedy at Bootleg Theater -- Shakespeare with a Wacky Twist

L'Enfant Terrible presents the first-ever L.A. Shakespeare festival for all ages. It's four plays (see one or all) reframed to make them more family friendly. They're tragedies, so the characters struggle with hardships and fears, but they're also filled with wacky fun. With titles like King O'Leary, Titus the Clownicus, Hamlet, Prince of Puddles and Macbeth and the Monster, these plays will have kids begging to see more theatrical productions.

Reviews & Ratings

I liked this activity. It is great to introduce my child to Shakespeare, though it be deliberately a warped version-but it is still something. I was surprised when we went that there were very few children and that the audience was mostly 20 & 30 somethings instead. I would recomend watching 2 plays back to back rather than one at a time. These plays are only 45 minutes, I wish they were longer. One warning would be this is not in the best neighborhood that you would want to stand on the sidewalk waiting till the doors open (esp. with kids), so come close to when the play starts. There really is nothing nearby if you show up and need to kill time walking around. There is a good bagel place across the street (but not a place to sit down at) there is a doughnut place down the block and not much else.

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Written by Angela Berliner

Directed by Justin Zsebe

All little Macbeth wants is a bedtime story to help him fall asleep. But when his mom tells him the scary story of Macbeth and the Monster, he gets more than he bargained for. Discover who the real Scottish terror is… (Hint: It isn’t the Loch Ness Monster!)

Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, but after the untimely death of his kingly father, his mother Gertrude hastily marries his uncle Claudius. When Hamlet learns who is to blame for his father’s death, he struggles to take action and becomes known as the Prince of Puddles! Find out why in this all-ages adaptation of the Bard’s classic.

King O’Leary is the popular ruler of Boomtown – where the miners mine and the streets are paved with gold. He’s getting old and wants to divide his land amongst his three daughters. His youngest, and most beloved, cannot utter a “peep” to express her love, and so she is banished while the other two wreak havoc on Boomtown and oppress the miners. When Mad Tom leads a rebellion against the wicked sisters, O’Leary discovers that sometimes love is best expressed in action and not words.

Titus the Clownicus, leader of the Red Nose Army, returns home from the Clown Wars after defeating neighboring Queen Tamoraclown and the Green Noses. When Titus wants to paint his rival’s noses red, he sets off a clown war that escalates into madness, mayhem, and pie fights. This silly romp teaches that if someone is mean to you, don’t be mean back or everyone will just be mean for ever and ever. L’Enfant Terrible turns Shakespeare’s gory drama into rip-roaring family fare.

About the Ticket Supplier: L'Enfant Terrible

Whether you are young at heart or a hard-hearted youngster, say goodbye to your old expectations of children’s theater and let us incite your imagination with our brand of All Ages entertainment.